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Oingo Boingo

Dear Danny Elfman,

Why are you so amazing? I realized recently that I think I've been in love with you my whole life. Surprise! Should you ever have a mid-life crisis and find yourself in the market for a criminally younger trophy wife...I know a guy.

it is a shame, that as great as a composer he is, he doesn't get as much recognition as he really should. he really does get looked down upon by other film composers because he's not "classically trained", he just kinda picked it up on his own, and kicks the shit out of a lot of others that were "schooled"

I don't think I'm like this anymore, though many on this forum might think otherwise.
As I've grown up some. back in the day. I even use myself as an example. reflected on things that happened in the past. I have a better understanding of things now. At least I can admit it now. I have somehow caused this situation by mentioning how I used to act on here. how I've changed. I'm a relatively normal poster now

I have to say that I'm incredibly against 80s sound/production which made most of their studio stuff very off-putting for me, but their Boingo Alive album is absolutely fantastic. Also, even ignoring the production, lots of the performances are about a million times better than the original studio versions (check out that version of Who Do You Want to Be? for example). Some of my favorites are Home Again, Dead or Alive, Just Another Day, Not My Slave, We Close Our Eyes, Elevator Man and that's just the first disc...
Anyway, they do kind of a mix of new wave and ska and various other styles, but don't let that put you off if you're not normally a fan of those genres.

This song, "We Close Our Eyes" as retooled for the final farewell concerts, is what made me realize that Mr. Elfman and I were soulmates. I warm up for shows with my band singing all the harmony parts to this.

Right so. So I'm gunna watch all those videos and give play by play type replies to each.

Originally Posted by Little_Miss_1565

YouTuberations!

This song, "We Close Our Eyes" as retooled for the final farewell concerts, is what made me realize that Mr. Elfman and I were soulmates. I warm up for shows with my band singing all the harmony parts to this.

Very first impressions is that, yes, this is easily something I could get into, but not at all what I imagined them to sound like. His voice is pretty awesome, especially when he goes higher, I really like their line up of instruments, and the accordion solo for the fucking winnnn.

I like well played guitar, this is well played guitar. This is even more awesome use of their line up. I heavily like this, I mean really. The harmonies are very well used, and me being a sucker for guitar really liked the little lead lines. I didn't pay 100% attention to this so I'm not sure on what was playing a cool part that went through the whole way, keyboard or something I guess, it was a sweeping sequence of notes, that was really nice.

This is an amazing video for a totally intense song, "Insanity," from their final album. Do you like Tool's video for "Sober"? You might recognize the puppeteer's work here.

From the intro I feel like I'm on acid. I like the note choice for the riff, it sounds eeire/sinister, but hell, I like it. His talk/singing style is reminding me a little of Jello Biafra. I dunno. His dancing around is awesome though.

I don't think I'm like this anymore, though many on this forum might think otherwise.
As I've grown up some. back in the day. I even use myself as an example. reflected on things that happened in the past. I have a better understanding of things now. At least I can admit it now. I have somehow caused this situation by mentioning how I used to act on here. how I've changed. I'm a relatively normal poster now